Russia displayed an impressive technological show during the closing event of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi using the theme Reflections of Russia, which ended with a giant bear putting out the Olympic flame.
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Menlo Park, US-based social media giant Facebook will be kicking off its yearly Hacker Cup competition at the company's head office today with 25 participants from North America, Asia, and Europe.
Navigator Campus is going to be the first private technology park dedicated to hardware to be launched in Russia. It will focus on projects like wearables, 3-D printing and consumer robotics.
New York, US-based automatic video editing startup Magistro raised $2 million in a recent funding round and has struck a deal that will integrate its technology into the Russian social network Odnoklassniki, which is owned by Mail.ru.
Russian tech investor Yuri Milner, together with Morgan Stanley chief John Mack, invested an undisclosed amount in Los Angeles, US-based cloud graphics firm Otoy to commercialize its suite cloud-based content creation tools.
The Central Bank of Russia echoed its statement that the Ruble is the country's official currency, and being a money substitute, Bitcoin is now banned because it is reportedly used in illegal activities.
Moscow, Russia-based investment fund Flint Capital and government-backed early-stage fund FRII poured an undisclosed amount into St Petersburg-based photo manipulation detecting startup SMTDO Tech LTD.
Hackers responsible for the data breach on Target stores over the holiday season gained access using log-on credentials for heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning, according to a post on Krebs on Security written by former Washington Post reporter Brian Krebs.
Russian Internet giant Yandex has invested an unconfirmed amount to acquire logistics provider Multiship to provide an easier way of delivering goods to the customers of Yandex's e-commerce platform.
In its fourth expansion via acquisition, Paris, France-based carpooling site BlaBlaCar added Podorozhniki for an undisclosed sum to tap into the market of Russia and Ukraine.
